Horseshoe-plate



No. 623,50. Patented Apr. 18, I899.

E. HE GSTEDT.

HURSESHOE PLATE;

(Application filed Jan. 20, 1899.) (No Model.)

WITNESSES; L VVENTOR.

-BY 6, C7 Y Y ATTORNLFjjf- UNTTED STATES PATENT EDIVARD HEGSTEDT, OF JAMESTOIVN, NEIV YORK.

HORSESHOE-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,150, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed January 20, 1899. Serial No. 702,819. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HEGSTEDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to the pad or covering for the central part of the shoe; and the improvement consists in the mode of attachment of said pad to the shoe, by means of which the pad can be quickly taken oif or put on said shoe as needed, as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of horseshoe from the inner side or the side toward the hoof and with my pad attached. Fig; 2 is a perspective view of shoe, showing hooked pins for attaching pad. Fig. 3 is a plan view of outside of pad. Fig. 4 is a plan view of outside of shoe and pad.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the drawings.

10 represents the horseshoe.

11 is the pad.

12 12 are hooked projections for holding the heel of the pad, and 12 12 are screws to perform the same purpose; 13 1-3, the holes in the pad for pins 12 12 or screws 12 12.

1% is a small clip attached to the inner side of the pad by rivet 17 and screw 16, which screw works in slot 18. Said slot is countersunk at 1S,which end receives and holds the head of screw 16 when clip 14 is turned into position, so that point 15 looks under shoe 10, as shown. Screw 10 fastens the pad so tightly that a horse cannot knock it loose, yet it may be quickly loosened and. clip 14 turned on pivot 17 sufliciently to allow of the removal of the pad. I use eitherpins 12 12 or screws 12 12, as desired by customers.

To attach pad 11, either screw on the pad with screws 12 12 or insert hooked pins 12 2 in holes 13 13, drop the pad onto the shoe, and pressing down the pad slide screw 16 up to 18 and turn it fast, and the two springsteel plates 11 and 14 will hold securely to the shoe for any length of time.

I often use screws 12' 12 for shoes already set to the hoof, as the holes of the screws can be drilled with a hand-drill and then tapped out without resetting the shoes.

I donot wish to confine myself to the exact form of clip 14 as shown, for any form which will look under the shoe when pivotally attached to pad 11 will serve my purpose; but I prefer one which is easily adjusted to any form of shoe, as is the case with the'sharppointed one shown.

I claim as new 1. A horseshoe, having hooked projections near the heel, a pad or covering for said shoe having holes or openings to receive said hooked projections, a locking-clip pivotally attached to theinner side of said pad and controlled by a set-screw as shown.

2. A horseshoe, having a removable pad secured to the heel of the shoe and provided with a clip pivotally attached to the inner side of the pad, a slot in said pad and a screw passing through said slot into said clip, a countersink in said slot into which the head of the screw may be turned to lock the clip under the edge of the shoe, as shown and described.

3. A horseshoe, having hooked projections near the heel, a shoe pad or covering provided with openings to hook into said projections, a clip fastened to the inner side of said pad by a rivet on whichit tur'ns'and having a point to catch under the shoe, a slot in said pad and a screw passing into the clip through said slot, acou'ntersink in one end of said slot into which the screw may be turned to lock the clip under the edge of the shoe, as shown and described.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD HEGSTEDT.

In presence of- H. H. WARREN, M. HARRIS. 

